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In Germany we say "Arbeitnehmerrechte" and I think that's beautiful (swg-empire.de)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

English is an inferior language because it does not combine words into one when it would make sense to do so to avoid confusion.

Change my mind.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They use dashes, which is more readable ("self-sufficient", and similar stuff), although idk if that's what you meant

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I've been trying to think of an example, the only one I could think of is "assault rifle". In Swedish, where we contract words, it would be "assaultrifle", so it's clear you're not encouraging someone to beat up a rifle.